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Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 29 Jan 2009 Foster children in New York City who participated in clinical drug trials for HIV/AIDS medications did not die ...

Women with addiction problems who received treatment services were more successful in finding jobs than those who got employment assistance before their addictions were addressed, according to new research from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weeks before the earliest signs of a national salmonella outbreak that now has been traced to peanuts from a Georgia processing plant, peanuts exported by the same company were found to be contaminated and were returned to the United States, The Associated Press has learned....

Hospitals in states where Medicaid does not pay for routine male circumcision are only about half as likely to perform the procedure, and this disparity could lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among ...

WASHINGTON -- The list of recalled peanut products linked to a national salmonella outbreak just keeps growing.

WASHINGTON - Roaches, mold, and signs of a leaking roof were among many problems federal inspectors uncovered at a Georgia peanut plant implicated in the national salmonella outbreak, the government said yesterday.

Los Alamos National Laboratory announced Wednesday it is notifying nearly 2,000 current and former employees and visitors that they may have been exposed to beryllium in the lab and may be at risk of disease.

Just days after MPs debated controversial changes to the welfare system, Crusaid, one of the UK's leading HIV and AIDS charities, is uniting stakeholders from across the country to discuss the impact that these new rules will have on some of the country's most vulnerable people.

Orlando Health has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 17th Annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award for its Help Understand and Guide Me (HUG-Me) program, which provides comprehensive HIV care to individuals in Central Florida. HUG-Me last night received the Cares Award and $70,000 for the work it has done to provide care to individuals in Central Florida infected with, affected by and at risk for HIV.

Background:Epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases through the mandatory-reporting system is crucial in the planning and evaluation of disease control and prevention program. This study investigated the reporting behavior, knowledge, and attitude to reporting communicable disease in private doctors in Taiwan. The differences between the reporting and non-reporting doctors were also explored. Methods:A total of 1250 clinics were randomly sampled nationwide by a 2-stage process. Data were collected from 1093 private doctors (87.4% response rate) using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Four hundred and six (37.2%) doctors reported having diagnosed reportable communicable diseases. Among them, 340 (83.5%) have the experiences of reporting. Results:The most common reasons for not reporting were 'do not want to violate the patient's privacy', 'reporting procedure is troublesome', and 'not sure whether the diagnosed disease is reportable'. Significantly higher pro